24 h. ago China Is Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race

China Is Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race  WSJ

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41 h. ago CKGSB Launches New White Paper on China's Role in the Global AI Race

CKGSB Launches New White Paper on China's Role in the Global AI Race  PR Newswire

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9 d. ago Is China a just society? Economic woes erode public perception of fairness

Education department authorities of China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region did an unusual thing over the weekend. They opened the 2008 files of the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, to determine if rising mainland actress Nashi had committed fraud to enrol in the prestigious Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA). That investigation was initiated after the 35-year-old Nashi caused an outcry on Chinese social media when the actress hinted online that she had not “played fair” in her exam 17...

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9 d. ago My Take | Is China a just society? Economic woes erode public perception of fairness

My Take | Is China a just society? Economic woes erode public perception of fairness  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago China hits the moon with a laser—First daylight lunar reflection in history stuns scientists and ignites the global space race

China hits the moon with a laser—First daylight lunar reflection in history stuns scientists and ignites the global space race  Glass Almanac

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2 w. ago China’s PLA Daily slams US Golden Dome plan, warns of space arms race

China’s military newspaper has condemned America’s planned “Golden Dome” space-based missile defence system, warning that it may threaten global strategic stability and trigger an arms race in space. “The development of the Golden Dome system and the US Space Force’s rapid expansion have further militarised outer space,” a commentary in the PLA Daily warned on Thursday, adding that such moves could potentially intensify great power rivalry and challenge international arms control norms. The...

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3 w. ago ‘Making a dent’: race is on to reap rare earths elsewhere amid China’s dominance

Beijing’s imposition of rare earth export restrictions from April – playing its trump card in the face of Washington’s intensifying tariffs and tech curbs – helped send a message to Washington ahead of this week’s discussions over bilateral export-control issues. Considered a trump card because rare earths have an outsized impact on auto, electronics and defence industries, and China dominates the supply chain, the trade in such critical minerals is widely expected to be among the key topics...

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3 w. ago The kids are alright: Hong Kong AI scientist offers a vision for ‘parenting’ AI

For years, the story of artificial intelligence (AI) has been cast as a high-stakes contest between the US and China – a technological arms race with global consequences. But to De Kai, a pioneering machine learning scientist and advocate for AI ethics, this framing fundamentally misunderstands the technology. “I would prefer to think about it as the AI climate change challenge,” De Kai said in an interview with the Post at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he is a...

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